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I just downloaded MPLite because I stumbled over it doing a Google search for a free trial of Stedmans Smartype which I do not think exist.  Anyway, how do I put a doctor's template in it?  The step by step instructions are not exactly detailed enough for me I guess.

Thanks

Calie

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I will have to check out MPWord too.  Thank you!  

Hi,

MPLite templates are Word documents in the TransMP Formats folder whose filename is used to differentiate which templates belong to which clients. All the templates you have for a particular client will show in the Document Information screen.

1. Start with a blank MS Word screen, and create the template you need there. Use the codewords (eg Last? First? MR? DOB? etc) to tell MPLite where you need this information put. Make sure each contains the ? at the end of the codword, and you'll find a complete list of available codewords in the help file in the chapter Formatting Templates. You can use headers / footers and any other formatting features in your templates.

2. Give this template a name in the pattern FacilityInitials_DescriptivePhrase.RTF. You have to save them as RICH TEXT FORMAT in the Save box, and save them INTO the TransMP  Formats folder. The Facility Initials must match what you entered for that when you registered the facility. Keep the descriptive phrase relatively short, eg, CON, FU, XRAY, HP, DC. If this is a template for a hospital or clinic, you can has as many templates for a facility as you like and can differentiate Dr. John Smith's Consultation by use the descriptive phrase CONjs, and Robert Youngs as CONry or CONyoung. (Note it is an underscore _ and not a dash used in the template filename.)

The list of available templates is refreshed when you start a session. So if you create a new template while in a session, cancel the session, and then reset it so the template list is refreshed.

If you have other questions about the templates, please ask.

Best wishes,

Vann Joe Turner

We at Emmaus are delighted to announce a new tool for MTs who work in MS Word.

MPLite speeds along the actual transcription process. It works in conjunction with your MS Word, and makes no change whatsoever to Word, so your abbreviations, your spell check and all Word functions will work exactly as they do now. The difference is this: Adding MPLite to your work environment -- with its powerful template customization, patient database, auto naming/saving, automatic line counting and invoicing -- will shave hours off your workday.

If you work with other MTS, you can share settings, templates and data with them easily, and MPLite will even import transcription done by other MTs working with MPLite.

MPLite is available for a free, nothing-left-out  trial.  We think you'll love it and will be delighted with the time it saves you.

Best wishes,
Vann Joe Turner
Emmaus, since 1995

Thanks for your question about MPLite's built-in handling of sticky notes.

While in a session, click Tools | With Selected Files, Sticky Notes. A screen will ask you whether you want the program to separate them with Hard Returns, or page breaks. It also asks you to select the files you want to include in the Sticky Notes. The assembled notes will be in the TransMP StickyNotes folder, with a filename comprised of the the client's initials, the date, and the MT initials.

The Sticky Note function does not preserve any header/footers. If you need those included, use the PDF function, which also allows you to password protects the assembled PDF file.

If you have more question about MPLite, pls ask.

Vann Joe

The beta testing for MPLite has been going well.  Phase 3 of the beta testing will begin on Wed or Thurs of this week.

We are soliciting 2 or 3 additional volunteers for this final phase of beta testing, and anticipate this phase to last no longer than a week.  Volunteers should be experienced working transcriptionists, but not so busy that they don't have time to read the help file, and set things up in MPLite.  We need the testers to actually work in the program, and not just look at it.

Testers will receive MPLite free of charge, and all subsequent releases of MPLite free of charge.  If you have the interest and the time to assist us, please send an email to support@mpword.com

Most likely, MPLite will be a the most popular program we have ever produced.  For a preview of it, see our website:

http://www.mpword.com/7mplite.htm

Best wishes,

Vann Joe

Different kind of work but the similarities are striking.  When I did speak up, I was basically told I should think about taking a hike.  In my case, something wonderful has come along that is taking me in a different direction.  I will continue to do this work either full or part time in addition to that but with an employer that I know and trust.   

I don't know the answer except find a good, fair boss/company or pray for something to come into your life to change things up.  It is very sad for the good ones of us.  I guess you could job hop and be the newbie all the time and get the good work.    Just kidding (sort of).   

I, along with several other employees, have filed a claim in magistrate court.  The company, which was a corporation, has now closed its offices, and are denying that they owe us our last paycheck.  We are going to court to fight it, but I am not sure what we will be able to do.  The labor board told us that since it was a corporation, and since it is now closed, that they cannot help us. 

After my knee replacement I developed an infected seroma. The wound had been draining for several weeks and then one night I spiked a temp of 103 and had severe chills. I ended up in the hospital and had to had the wound incised and drained (7 weeks after my knee replacement). I was in the hospital for five days on IV antibiotics. I my case, if I hadn't had the IV antibiotics and I&D I would probably have had to undergo a repeat knee replacement.

I would say that any infection is serious and I would advise that you do what your doctor tells you. Take your antibiotics for the full 7 or 10 days as prescribed and if you develop fever or chills, call the doctor right away. It's nothing to take lightly.

Best wishes. 

I have 15 yrs experience and have been away from doing MT work about a year and a half.  I applied at several companies.  I, too, failed the first test I took.   

Turns out that the new AAMT BOS rule which I wasn't aware of is that on numbers 1 thru 9 in a sentence, you have to use the digit and not spell out the word, i.e., 5 instead of five.  Once I clued into this I passed several other tests and am now back to work.  I'm sure you just as skilled as you ever were!! Don't lose your self confidence.  I agree that the best thing to do is brush up on AAMT BOS.  Good luck!!

First, I'm sorry about this loss, but you must NOT dwell on it.  You must move forward for your sake and financial sake.  This is unfortuately such common behavior in this business, and reading your post did not surprise me.  I have been an IC for over ten years now, and the practice you describe is SO common.

I have learned throughout the years to set aside as much money as I can so that when the rug is pulled out from underneath me, I'll have $$$ to fall back on.  I also keep a supply of hundreds of stamps/letterhead/envelopes handy so that when this happens, I don't have to go broke buying this stuff and marketing for other clients. 

Basically the same thing has happened to me.  I just lost one client last month due to them finding a cheaper rate, and another account I have had for eight years is going EMR next month.  I will then be officially out of business, you might say.

But that is NOT going to keep me down.  I'm doing mass marketing to doctors, attorneys and all kinds of businesses who need "virtual transcriptionists," and you know, I feel if I market enough, the law of averages is going to be that I WILL find new clients.  You must have faith in yourself and do not take what happened to you personally.  Yeah, it was lousy, rude, and unprofessional of them not to give you any notice after years of good service, but what can you do?  Don't lose a wink of sleep over it - move onward and forward, and you will be successful.

Good luck!

I had worked for this one particular doc for 6 years.  I was very dependable, work was always returned on time.  I never missed a day.  I vacationed when he did.  Then one day I went to pick up my tape and his wife called me in her office to give me my check.  As she was writing out the check, she told me that "tomorrow we are going to start something new".  He was going to be trying some new digital dictation system.  I had no clue whatsoever that was coming.  I learnt the hard way, keep business as business.  I had developed a relationship with the office staff, the doc and his wife, which made the fall even harder.  I will never do that again.   Now with my other clients, I make sure it is on a business level only.

Sorry for your experience. 

Good for you and you should be so proud and what a lucky little dog! :)

We rescued a tiny little Shih Tzu almost three years ago now. She had an injured eye that the owner never took to the vet to be treated and her eye had to be removed. :( A rescue place took her in and had her eye extracted and they had her spayed. She had ear infection, worms (so looked like she was starving), and kennel cough as well. We got her and I had her to the Vet every day for the first week. She was SO sick I thought we might lose her. Our vet was great and just charged me for medication for her. She looked awful too because the owner had hacked her matted hair. It look like she got caught in a fan! She was just horrible looking. You wouldn't believe the difference in her then and now photos! :) She is the most loving, sweetest little girl. She is treated like a princess too!

We have two male Shih Tzu as well that we love dearly. One has a lot of medical problems we are dealing with. I tell my husband I do MT to pay for their medical expenses. :D That is just part of being a responsible owner. We are going to be doing allergy testing on our middle "child" tomorrow and start him on injections as he has SO many allergies and has secondary problems due to this.

Anyway, our Shih Tzu snort water too. I find putting my finger under their nose where it makes them breathe through their mouth usually will stop it. Sometimes you have to do this a couple times. This is very common in short nosed dogs. Ours even drink out of water bottles so don't do it as much as drinking out of a bowl but still do.

Yours might be doing it more so due to the kennel cough or bronchial infection. It sounds like to me, by your description, that is more like a kennel cough. Mine have all had kennel cough and yes they did get their immunizations for that but did you know that that injection only covers a few strains of kennel cough so they can still get it?!? I didn't know that until all three of mine got it and had the vaccine!

Best wishes. :)

My dad was sitting at home watching TV and suddenly the entire right side of his body went numb and was tingling.  My mom took him to the ER.  They did a CT and some blood work, and the only pertinent finding was high cholesterol.  He was 44 years old at the time, so the doctors did not believe him to be having a stroke.  We had told them that high cholesterol and strokes run in his family.  They were about to release him even though he was still having persistent numbness and loss of strength on that side.  They were trying to diagnose him with just anxiety. 

My mother and I demanded an MRI and low and behold they found an embolus.  They immediately admitted him and began treating him for it.  The doctors were extremely apologetic and tried telling us that this just doesn't happen to people at his age very often. 

Within 24 hours he could have been dead.  I am just so very thankful we demanded something be done because we would have lost him I'm sure.  They did other tests while he was in the hospital, but the high cholesterol was believed to have been the culprit.  They evenutally assumed a piece of plaque began traveling through his blood stream and ended up getting stuck in the smaller blood vessels of the head.  Thus, cutting off the oxygen supply and causing the numbness.

Stereotyping can be a dangerous thing when it comes to treating patients.  I wish that doctors would realize this.

By the way...we just celebrated his 50th birthday.  He's on cholesterol medicines now, no residual effects from the stroke and works like a horse everyday.

If it still feels like it's stuck then drinking liquids will help it move on down.  You may have scratched your throat when it got stuck. 

When I had a similar event happen to me several years ago, home alone, I slammed by back into the wall hard while waiting for the 911 operator to figure out that I couldn't talk and needed help (they're asking "are you ok and can you speak" doesn't do any good if you can't talk!)  After 2 whacks into the wall the stuck food dislodged and I was able to tell them that I was finally fine and to cancel rescue.   Sure scared me!!!

defrag's, scanned until I couldn't scan anymore, deleted and reinstalled software, an don and on.

Are you running Norton?  I was and never realized that the trash bin has "Norton Protected Files" as well as "normal" trash.  Well, I emptied the protected files, and, much to my surprise, there were over 55,000 files in there!  It took about 15-20 minutes to empty.  My computer has run fine since then, and ow I get rid of those so-called "protected" files every day.